Singapore, one of the world’s most expensive cities, is an economic hub, with energetic city culture that offers an array of opportunities to people who land here to access work opportunities. A magnet for expats from all over the world, this teaming metropolis in South East Asia attracts s...
Southeast Asia's wealthiest economy. Promised jobs as "entertainers" in pubs and restaurants, many instead find themselves virtually indentured as prostitutes, working to pay back the cost of getting here. Women interviewed by AFP
…Very few countries have maintained such growth for five years, let alone for 30. Nor is there an obvious recipe for runaway growth. To boost prosperity, economists typically prescribe liberalising reforms of the sort that have been advanced…under the label of the “Washington consensus”. …...
New Contacts, Same Privileges Forging a network of friends or potential business partners should be a key goal, but this can be easier said than done. Try plugging into events or venues where you know you will find like-minded people. Members of Standard Chartered Priority Banking, for example...
We still have our day jobs. Budget time challenging – 2 weeks continuous sittings, from 11am to 7-8 pm. Elected MPs more busy – TC most challenging due to difficult and sudden transfer – AIM (with one-month termination rights to use of information system), change of managing agent, ...
As a creative designer, I had an Indian partner before but she left after several months because of some reasons. The boss etc. asked me to recommend. And I checked with my designer friends in Singapore, but they are all quite content with their current jobs.so the company just recruit ...
More than 50% of Malays held low-paying jobs in services compared to less than 30% of the Chinese. The backward position of the Malays during the 1960s was reinforced by residential location in the peripheries. In the 1950s and 1960s the city center was exclusively inhabited by the ...
Oc- cupational sitting time was derived for each occupation reported by the participants, acknowledging that one person may hold two or more jobs. The reported num- ber of hours was multiplied by the number of days per week worked – for that specific job – and then divided by 7. ...
Annalena Baerbock, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, announced plans to digitalize the visa application process. The immigration process for highly skilled foreign nationals will now be streamlined to make up for the labor shortages in the country. There are currently around 400,000 jobs in...
The couple in question were stray dog feeders and had been following the contractors for several hours. They were getting in the way of them doing their jobs. The Police was thus called in. Feeding of strays in the area was obvious. Plastic bags of cooked meat were strewn around the grass...